Kennesaw Mountain beat Campbell 6-0 on Tuesday, providing coach George Hansen with his 299th career win.

Hansen, who has been at the Mustangs’ helm since the program’s inception in 2001, will get the chance for No. 300 tonight when Kennesaw Mountain visits Due West rival Harrison. Coincidentally, it will be Hansen facing longtime Hoyas coach Mark Elkins, who earned his 300th win earlier this season.

Kennesaw Mountain (15-5, 8-2 Region 4AAAAAA) gave itself some breathing room with five runs in the second inning.

Michael Atkinson was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored, while Reggie Pruitt, Tyler Stephenson and Ryley Gilliam each had triples.

Zach Goodman (4-1) went three innings, striking out three and allowing two hits. Hampton Clark also went three, striking out four, while Tyler Marshall closed things out.

Walker 12, North Cobb Christian 2 (5 inn.): The Wolverines got hot in the third inning and never let up, scoring five runs in the fourth to break the game open.

Walker totaled 14 hits, with Gaines Lahue and James Pittinger both going 3-for-4 with three RBIs each. Cameron Bloebaum, was 3-for-3 with an RBI, and Zach Eikost was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

Gavin Crouch pitched all six innings, giving up two runs on four hits and had seven strikeouts.

Lassiter 3, Cherokee 0: Tim Eber pitched a complete game, giving up three hits, walking one and striking out seven to lift the Trojans to the Region 5AAAAAA road win.

Lassiter (6-13, 3-4) scored twice in the second and once in the fifth.

Matt McGuire was 2-for-3 with an RBI, while Randall Heller had a sacrifice fly. Nikkie Esposito batted 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Lassiter will host Cherokee today.

Harrison 5, North Cobb 4 (8 inn.): Hayden Messina scored the winning run from second off an error to give the Hoyas the Region 4AAAAAA home win.

Harrison (12-5, 5-3) carried a 3-1 lead into the top of the seventh, but North Cobb scored three times to take a 4-3 edge. With two strikes and two outs in the bottom half of the frame, James Williams tied the contest with a double, scoring pinch-runner Ben Brock.

Andrew Burchell (1-0) picked up the win.

Williams batted 2-for-4 with three RBIs and gave up one unearned run on four hits and struck out six in six innings.

The Lady Wolverines (9-2, 8-0) took a 4-0 lead at the half before North Cobb Christian avoided the shutout 3 minutes into the second half.

Honor Stoner had five saves at goal for Walker, which will host St. Francis on Thursday.

Allatoona 2, Kennesaw Mountain 2: Both teams traded goals in the first half, and again in the second half, before ending in a stalemate.

The Lady Buccaneers (11-2-2) were on the board 5 minutes into the game when Willough Davis scored on an assist by Ash Das and the Lady Mustangs (6-4-1) tied it 10 minutes later on a goal by Olivia Guajardo on an assist by Tayler Hartrampf.

Guajardo scored again in the second half to take the lead on a Vannah Moreland feed, and Allatoona answered on a penalty kick by Davis halfway through the second half.

Allatoona will host Douglas County on Tuesday, while Kennesaw Mountain will host North Cobb on Friday.

Lassiter 4, Holy Innocents’ 0: Lassiter took a 3-0 halftime lead behind two goals from Kelsey Hahn and went on to blank the Lady Bears in a non-region contest at home.

Megan McGuiness also scored, as did Kaylee Hamilton.

Megan Richardson had three saves for the Lady Trojans (11-2-1), who will visit Region 5AAAAAA rival Walton on Saturday.

North Cobb 5, Pebblebrook 0: North Cobb exploded for four second-half goals in taking the Region 4AAAAAA home win.

Alana Agcaoili had two goals for the Lady Warriors (5-5, 4-3), while Scarlett Rendon and Molly Mead each had a goal and an assist. Jordan Pannell also scored.

Tori Socia had no first half saves, but Selina Abbott collected one.

North Cobb is at Kennesaw Mountain on Friday.

Whitefield Academy 2, Pace Academy 1 (PK): Lauren Burke had 13 saves in regulation and overtime and performed well during penalty kicks to lift Whitefield to the non-area home win.

Sophie Kemether scored in the first half off an assist from Elaine Sharitz, but Pace tied the contest with 3:40 left in regulation.

Neither squad scored during the two overtime periods, but the Lady Wolfpack owned the penalty kick phase with goals from Frances Hamilton, Sharitz, Mary Kendrick and Katherine Bracher.

Whitefield is at Darlington on Friday.

BOYS LACROSSE

Kell 18, Sprayberry 3: Alex Llerandi played a role in 10 goals as the Longhorns controlled the Area 2A-AAAAA game.

Llerandi scored five goals and assisted on five more, complementing three goals and an assist from his brother, Devin.

Devon Hurley and Noah Swift each had three goals, while Conner Cook, Zach Obenhoff and defender Jake White each scored once.

Luke Harris and Avery Brown combined to make 10 saves for Kell, which will be off until it hosts Woodstock on April 22.

Kennesaw Mountain 14, Wheeler 5: The Mustangs raced out to a 10-2 halftime lead and won the non-area game.

Dennis Bell, Scott Shultz and Ryan Clark each had three goals for Kennesaw Mountain (8-3).

Josh Ehrich and Connor McAlpine split the goalkeeping duties, saving a combined 11 shots for the Mustangs, who will travel to Hillgrove on Thursday for an Area 1AAAAAA game.

Harrison 18, McEachern 0: The visiting Hoyas scored 13 of their 18 goals in the first half for the Area 1AAAAAA victory.

Zach Danneman totaled six goals and added two assists, while Alex Mowry tacked on four goals and an assist. Lucas Wittenberg had two goals and one assist and Michael Fahsel added one goal and three assists.

McEachern goalkeeper C.J. Norrell still had 18 saves in the first half, despite giving up 13 goals.

Leslie Ferguson led Kell (10-0, 5-0) with four goals and two assists, while Haley Swift had three goals and four assists. Izzy Palermo and Sachi Griffiths each had three goals, while Jennifer Buckley, Sarah Bialecki and Talen Francis added two apiece.

Britta Baughn saved two of the three shots she faced for Kell, which will travel to Lassiter on Friday for a battle of east Cobb powers.

Walton 27, Etowah 9: Walton scored early and often in downing Etowah in Area 2AAAAAA action at Raider Valley.

Erin McBride had six goals and one assist to lead the Lady Raiders (9-3-1, 4-1), who led 17-8 at halftime. Riley Ewing totaled five goals and one assist, while Kylie Holthaus and Hunter Corvin each had four goals.

Sophia Watkins added three scores and Laura Jordan two. Lindsay Epstein and Lizzie Misel each had one goal and two assists.

Emily James and Kathryn Sweeden combined to allow nine goals and collect five saves for Walton, which is at North Cobb on Friday.

Austin Bates won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, while Michael Busby had a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2. Chase Forbes lost one game at No. 3 singles, as did the No. 1 doubles team of Dom Allan and Ryan Heins. Mark Fisher and Harrison Watkins won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.

Pope, the No. 2 seed in the Region 7AAAAA tournament, will play North Springs in the quarterfinals Tuesday at Laurel Park in Marietta. The semifinals will take place later that afternoon.

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